WHATEVER gossamer-thin strands of credibility John Swinney clung to as First Minister surely snapped the minute he was rumbled for having tea with Eric Trump. You know, the son of Donald Trump?

First Minister John Swinney defends Nicola Sturgeon whom Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay says was a failure in office. The former FM announced this week that she would not be standing ...

The First Minister and his party have repeatedly called for the UK's nuclear deterrent to be removed from Scotland.

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said the sit-down with Eric Trump at the First Minister’s official residence sent a ...

John Swinney stressed the “huge economic benefits to the city” that come from hosting the event. The Scottish Government has ...

The executive vice-president of the Trump Organisation met the Scottish First Minister at Bute House on Thursday.

The First Minister has rubbished accusations the SNP has a problem with women after 14 of his female MSPs are to quit Holyrood next year.

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has said he “feared for the survival of the SNP” in the final days of Humza Yousaf’s government. Former first minister Mr Yousaf was forced to resign ...

There is an extent to which John Swinney has healed the wounds caused by Humza Yousaf’s ultimately self-destructive decision to end the Bute House Agreement. The parties signed up to a budget ...